Anti-American protesters gathered in Philadelphia and vowed to celebrate the deaths of US soldiers, shocking video revealed.
A masked speaker urged the crowd to do ‘everything in our power to bring the United States to its knees,’ footage posted Tuesday by independent journalist Frankie Scales showed.
‘For every US military base that crumbles and for every US soldier who returns home in a casket, we cheer,’ he said.
That prompted a wave of loud applause from the other anti-American protesters.
He went on to praise several terrorist groups, including Hamas and Hezbollah, during the rally as his fiery speech continued.
‘These popular voices on the ground spend every waking moment in direct confrontation with Zionism,’ he said. ‘And they rely on a strong Iranian state to maintain their fighting capacity.’
After he finished his remarks, the man was confronted by Scales, who asked him if he hated America.
‘May a Hamas rocket blow up your family’s home,’ the protester replied.

A masked speaker in Philadelphia urged a crowd to bring the United States ‘to its knees’ and expressed his support for Hamas and Hezbollah

Scales told the Daily Mail on Thursday: ‘The protesters were advocating for the destruction of the United States of America.’
‘The speaker exposed what has always been true about these protesters,’ Scales added. ‘They aren’t concerned with human rights. Their goal is to tear down the West and the United States of America.’
He claimed that he heard ‘many chants about how US soldiers should be killed and the United States should be destroyed.’
‘But not one about the thousands of Iranians killed by the Islamic regime,’ Scales told the Daily Mail.
Scales claimed that the protesters ‘worked very hard to stop me from recording what was happening.’
‘They followed me, yelled into my microphone, formed human walls to impede my freedom of movement, and even spit on me,’ he told the Daily Mail.
The protester he confronted was cloaked in a red hoodie and had his face obscured by what appeared to be a keffiyeh headdress.
Other demonstrators were also covered up in similar attire, carrying flags with inscriptions in Arabic and signs saying ‘Amerika is the head of the snake’ and ‘Right to resist, right to return.’
In a follow-up post, Scales claimed the demonstration included members of groups such as Indivisible Philadelphia, Brandywine Peace Community, the Council on American-Islamic Relations, the Prayers for Peace Alliance and CODEPINK.


Independent journalist Frankie Scales, who covered the demonstration, told the Daily Mail that the protesters wanted to ‘tear down the West and the United States of America’


The anti-America rally was condemned on Thursday by Pennsylvania Sen. John Fetterman, a Democrat.
‘Truly appalling,’ Fetterman wrote on X. ‘These a**holes chanting [sic] for the death of our servicemembers.’
‘Where’s the Dem outrage and condemnation?’ he asked.
Across the aisle, Texas Sen. Ted Cruz quickly responded to Fetterman.
‘Very good Q,’ Cruz posted, also calling the demonstration ‘sick’ in a separate post.
Conservative commentator Laura Ingraham also blasted the protest, calling the demonstrators ‘traitors.’
‘Denaturalization is the only option,’ Ingraham said.
Florida Congressman Randy Fine echoed that, writing: ‘Each and every one of these Muslim terrorists needs to be denaturalized and deported.’
Pennsylvania Sen. Dave McCormick, a Republican, called the protests ‘pure evil.’

The rally has been criticized by conservative lawmakers and figures on social media, with Democratic Sen. John Fetterman also condemning the protest



Even the Republican Party’s official X account weighed in, calling it ‘absolutely abhorrent.’
‘Every single Democrat should condemn this,’ the GOP account added.
The anti-America rally also drew attention within the Trump administration’s Department of Justice.
‘Get out!!!’ Leo Terrell, the chair of Trump’s antisemitism task force, said.
Scales has covered other pro-Iran, anti-America protests in Philadelphia since war broke out in the Middle East on February 28.
Earlier this month, the independent journalist posted footage of himself alongside a group of demonstrators.
In that clip posted March 3, one of the protesters appeared to spit a beverage at Scales, as he demanded that law enforcement intervene.
‘The most disgusting thing I have ever experienced,’ Scales said then.
The Daily Mail has reached out to Pennsylvania Sens. Fetterman and McCormick for further comment.


